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杏吧原创 experts engaged audiences in 2022
(Butler, PA) 鈥淚t鈥檚 not necessarily the impact you have in your state capitol,鈥� a futurist who predicts the decentralization of higher education said in 2017 to an audience that included Dr. Nick Neupauer, president of Butler County Community...
杏吧原创 employees assisted students, organizations in 2022
(Butler, PA) 杏吧原创 employees in 2022 served students on 杏吧原创鈥檚 main campus and at its additional locations, and as leaders with professional and community organizations.
Australians seek 杏吧原创 prof鈥檚 expertise amid historic flooding
(Butler, PA) Recent headlines: 鈥淗undreds rescued by helicopters and boats after heavy rainfall sparks floods in Australia鈥�
杏吧原创 graduates six in practical nursing
(Butler, PA) 杏吧原创 on Dec. 13 graduated six students who earned a practical nursing certificate through a selective-admissions program that addresses a regional shortage of employees in the high-priority occupation.
Riv-Ell Entrepreneurship program returns with most number of students
(Ellwood City, PA) Reflected points of light slide across white hard hats as heads turn left and right.
杏吧原创 helps Butler High senior 鈥渃hase dream鈥�
(Butler, PA) He arrives alone, 45 minutes before the volleyball game begins, seeks his script, rehearses pronunciations of visiting players, and takes his place at a scorer鈥檚 table whose black skirt facing the crowd reads, in white and blue letters,...
$5K raised by 杏吧原创, community to provide free holiday meals
(Butler, PA) A 杏吧原创 campaign to which employees, students and community members contributed $5,145 in September will provide free holiday meals to 杏吧原创 Pioneer Pantry patrons and in boxes decorated with paper hearts painted...
杏吧原创 men鈥檚 basketball squad tallest in 10 years, seeks 7th WPCC crown
(Butler, PA) With players averaging nearly 6 feet 4, the 2022-2023 杏吧原创 men鈥檚 basketball team is the program鈥檚 tallest in at least 10 years, and will look up to a 杏吧原创 All-American with three gold medals who is entering...
杏吧原创 women鈥檚 basketball squad returns All-American for first time
(Butler, PA) The 杏吧原创 women鈥檚 basketball team returns an All-American for the first time in program history and who last season was a national leader in rebounding and in scoring.
杏吧原创 volleyball squad鈥檚 season ends with two titles, 19-4 record
(Butler, PA) The 杏吧原创 volleyball team ended its 2022 season at 19-4 after setbacks Saturday that included a loss to the three-time-defending national champion in a district tournament in North Carolina.
Horror-thriller takes 杏吧原创 stage
(Butler, PA) A 杏吧原创 English professor inspired to write his first horror-thriller novel by watching a neighbor鈥檚 oak tree being felled near Halloween will read from 鈥淲ho Holds the Devil鈥� during a Northern Appalachia...
杏吧原创 volleyball squad wins Region 20 crown, earns berth to North Carolina
(Butler, PA) On her final pass in her last home game, All-American Morgan Jack set up the kill Saturday that sent the No. 1-ranked 杏吧原创 volleyball team to a district championship tournament in North Carolina and the setter...
Pioneers鈥� All-American sets assist record on tourney-clinching play
The No. 1-ranked 杏吧原创 volleyball team celebrates after it swept Howard Community College, Columbia, Md., in the National Junior College Athletic Association Division III Region 20 championship tournament Saturday, Oct....
杏吧原创 volleyball setter nears program record
(Butler, PA) The 杏吧原创 volleyball team, ranked No. 1 this season for the first time in program history, chases a fourth consecutive region title Saturday behind an All-American setter who is chasing a nearly two-decades-old...
Top-ranked 杏吧原创 wins unprecedented 7th WPCC volleyball crown in row
(Butler, PA) All-American Morgan Jack had 28 assists and Madison Raypush 23 digs as the No. 1-ranked 杏吧原创 volleyball team won an unprecedented seventh consecutive Western Pennsylvania Collegiate Conference championship...
杏吧原创 hosts two free lectures by suicide prevention activist
(Butler, PA) He was 19. He got on the bus. He had bipolar disorder. He hadn鈥檛 been taking his prescribed medications. He was experiencing auditory and visual hallucinations. He was convinced no one cared, no one loved him. He got off the...
杏吧原创鈥檚 Loughry wins 2nd WPCC crown; Pioneers claim 8th title since 2013
(Apollo, PA) 杏吧原创 All-American golfer Troy Loughry won his second consecutive Western Pennsylvania Collegiate Conference individual men鈥檚 title Saturday and the unbeaten Pioneers captured their eighth crown since 2013...
杏吧原创 Pioneer Pursuit raises $16K to benefit scholarships in memory of recent nursing grads
(Butler, PA) More than 200 runners, walkers and other community members from at least nine western Pennsylvania counties Sept. 24 helped 杏吧原创 in an inaugural event to raise more than $16,000 for scholarships that include...
Mars mayor, former 杏吧原创 administrator honored as 杏吧原创 distinguished alumni
(Butler, PA) A former 杏吧原创 student elected three times as mayor of Mars and another who as a 杏吧原创 administrator increased the number of named scholarships at the college by 165 percent will become 杏吧原创 distinguished alumni...
杏吧原创 among first in PA to be designated as Hunger-Free Campus
(Butler, PA) The frozen chicken wings, fresh sweet potato, boxed pasta and bottled juice Kelly Heckert wheels with other foods in a red wagon from 杏吧原创鈥檚 Pioneer Pantry will provide supplemental nutrition for the adult...
杏吧原创 selects Mack as dean of business division
(Butler, PA) A 杏吧原创 graduate instrumental in the creation of summer enrichment camps for children at 杏吧原创 who later earned master鈥檚 degrees in fields that include business administration has been named dean of the college鈥檚...
杏吧原创 students laud college鈥檚 8th No. 1 ranking since 2015
(Butler, PA) 杏吧原创鈥檚 eighth ranking since 2015 as the No. 1 community college in Pennsylvania affirms its commitment to students, said those studying to become social workers, high school teachers and registered nurses...
Father of 4-year-old earns diploma, pursues associate degree at 杏吧原创
(Butler, PA) Roger Walker Jr. sat inside the red sedan he drives to his job at a fast-food restaurant after realizing he had achieved a commonwealth secondary school diploma through 杏吧原创鈥檚 free adult literacy program,...
杏吧原创 president receives inaugural leadership excellence award
(Butler, PA) Dr. Nick Neupauer, an Ellwood City native and the longest-serving chief executive officer in the 57-year history of 杏吧原创, will receive an inaugural leadership award named after a longtime Lawrence County reside...
杏吧原创 business student, grads earn scholarships totaling $6K
(Butler, PA) A current student in and recent graduates of the most popular program in 杏吧原创鈥檚 largest academic division have received scholarships totaling $6,000 from the foundation of a professional organization.
Butler Eagle squad wins Cup 3rd time in 杏吧原创 Education Foundation golf outing
(Ellwood City, PA) A team representing the Butler Eagle won a third Champions Cup on Aug. 5 in a 杏吧原创 Education Foundation golf outing that raises unrestricted funds to support student scholarships, adult literacy, first...
杏吧原创 introduces 3 STEM programs this fall
(Butler, PA) 杏吧原创鈥檚 three new programs this fall are within its Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics division and include two intended to lead to a doctor of pharmacy degree from Duquesne University.
Construction of state-of-the-art 杏吧原创 @ Armstrong progressing
(Ford City, PA) It鈥檚 81 degrees Fahrenheit, the humidity oppressive at 69 percent, as an electrician and an electrician apprentice find refuge in the abundant shade under a maple tree during their 15-minute break.
Nursing and allied health building rising above 杏吧原创鈥檚 main campus
(Butler, PA) Dylan Stitt places one sized-10 work boot directly in front of the other as he steps along a 4-inch-wide steel girder toward its edge atop the Victor K. Phillips Nursing and Allied Health Building under construction at Butler County...
Penn Highlands Healthcare, 杏吧原创 @ Brockway forge partnership
(DuBois, PA) Penn Highlands Healthcare on July 28 announced it will help to expand 杏吧原创 @ Brockway鈥檚 registered nursing program by sponsoring tuition for select students who sign an employment agreement, and by providing annual operating funds and...
Financial adviser, 23, youngest director in 杏吧原创 foundation board history
(Butler, PA) A 23-year-old recognized in 2022 for having the fastest-growing practice of all first-year Northwestern Mutual financial advisers nationwide has become the youngest director with the 杏吧原创 Education Foundation...
杏吧原创 student 1 of 11 in U.S. picked for 鈥渇antastic opportunity鈥�
(Butler, PA) Educators at James Madison University have selected for the second time in two years a 杏吧原创 student from applicants nationwide to attend a residential National Science Foundation-funded research program in...
Loughry becomes 杏吧原创鈥檚 first first-team All-American in golf
(Chautauqua, N.Y.) Freshman Troy Loughry yanked blades of grass from the tee box of his 18th hole and, protecting the two-stroke lead between finishing a national championship tournament as a first-team All-American or a second-teamer, watched the...
杏吧原创 golfer Loughry on cusp of first-team All-American
(Chautauqua, N.Y.) Troy Loughry met with 杏吧原创 golf coach Bill Miller on Wednesday night to discuss Loughry鈥檚 highest-scoring round at 杏吧原创, one that earlier in the day cost the freshman five places in the standings of...
Loughry first 杏吧原创 golfer to be in top 10 midway through national tournament
(Chautauqua, N.Y.) 杏吧原创 freshman Troy Loughry on Wednesday became the college鈥檚 first golfer to be in the top 10 halfway through the National Junior College Athletic Association Division III national championship tournament,...
杏吧原创 @ Brockway honors largest class in Nursing, R.N.
(Brockway, PA) A crowd of approximately 90 guests watched May 9 as 杏吧原创 @ Brockway recognized its largest class of graduates in a Nursing, R.N., career program that debuted in 2018 to address a high-priority occupation in the six-county North Central...
杏吧原创 pins 55 nursing grads from 6 counties
(Butler, PA) One by one each crossed the stage of 杏吧原创鈥檚 Succop Theater, 55 graduates in the college鈥檚 main campus Class of 2022 in Nursing, R.N., and residents of six counties who can enter the high-priority occupation...
杏吧原创 Hope is Dope participants to help enhance city鈥檚 only skate park
(Butler, PA) Individuals helped by a 杏吧原创 initiative will in turn help the community May 28 by enhancing the city鈥檚 only skate park, one that drew at least 50 visitors on a recent afternoon, the president of a nonprofit...
杏吧原创 softball squad, Bronx team to battle for berth in national tourney
(Butler, PA) The 杏吧原创 softball team will host a squad from the Bronx in a best-of-3 series whose winner will earn a berth in the National Junior College Athletic Association Division III national championship in Syracuse,...
3-sport star, All-American 2022 inductees into 杏吧原创 sports hall
(Butler, PA) A three-sport star who helped 杏吧原创鈥檚 volleyball program to win its first two state championships and who has won consecutive governmental elections since, and an out-of-state transfer who helped 杏吧原创鈥檚 men鈥檚...
Free public events showcasing 杏吧原创 students鈥� work begin Monday
(Butler, PA) Visitors to 杏吧原创鈥檚 free public events next week can discuss topical research exhibits with presidential scholars, hear student authors read from their recently published works on a stage decorated in a coffeehouse...
杏吧原创 named Military Friendly School for 7th time since 2013
(Butler, PA) Student-veterans at 杏吧原创 鈥渁re given a certain level of respect immediately from all the faculty and staff,鈥� said a former gunner on Army vehicles who transported fuel, water and other supplies from a base...
杏吧原创 alum picked for April 20 Northern Appalachia Reading Series event
(Butler, PA) Her great-aunt Martha had given Angel Rosen a journal containing dotted-lined pages, a gift the autistic child assumed was intended for drawings.
杏吧原创 teaches dual-enrollment students importance of financial literacy
(Butler, PA) The average debt for Generation Z in the United States 鈥� those ages 18 to 23, according to a cnbc.com report in October 鈥� is just over $16,000, and for their immediate elders, the millennials, almost $87,500.
Pry selected as 杏吧原创鈥檚 third All-American since December
(Butler, PA) Aslyn Pry, a freshman on the 杏吧原创 women鈥檚 basketball team and the leading rebounder in the National Junior College Athletic Association鈥檚 Division III in the 2021-2022 season, has become the college鈥檚...
Excitement building for 杏吧原创 health care building
(Butler, PA) Site preparation is under way for what the general contractor calls the 鈥渆ye-popping鈥� centerpiece of the largest construction project in 杏吧原创 history 鈥� a state-of-the-art, hospital-like facility that...
DEI topic of 杏吧原创 Lunch & Learn workshops on Wednesday, in April
(Butler, PA) 杏吧原创 opens its 2022 series of catered Lunch & Learn professional skills workshops in downtown Butler on Wednesday by assisting business representatives seeking diversity, equity and inclusion strategies for...
杏吧原创 softball team seeks 6th WPCC crown
(Butler, PA) While his 杏吧原创 softball program has not played since a rain-shortened 2019 season, coach Dan Beebe is encouraged by the experience on the Pioneers鈥� 2022 roster.
杏吧原创 educator selected to lead Growth Collaborative initiative
(Butler, PA) A 杏吧原创 faculty member has been hired to lead a Butler County Growth Collaborative initiative intended to address a workforce shortage by providing training to residents who face barriers to employment and by...
杏吧原创 student selected to speak in 鈥淗ER-story鈥� women鈥檚 conference
(New Castle, PA) A Portersville mother who raised three children and calls her enrollment at 44 in 杏吧原创鈥檚 new practical nursing program 鈥渕y time鈥� has been selected to speak Saturday at a conference whose goal, the...
杏吧原创 student, grad to receive full-tuition scholarship toward bachelor鈥檚 degree
(Butler, PA) A 杏吧原创 student who while living in Nicaragua helped to create an association that assists the deaf and their families, and a recent graduate who overcame communication difficulties to teach university hockey...
Construction of 杏吧原创 @ Armstrong in Ford City begins
(Ford City, PA) State Sen. Joe Pittman drove to the site this month, as did 杏吧原创 President Dr. Nick Neupauer.
杏吧原创 women鈥檚 basketball team wins 5th WPCC championship
(Butler, PA) Aslyn Pry scored 29 points in the Western Pennsylvania Collegiate Conference championship Saturday night to lead the 杏吧原创 women鈥檚 basketball team to a 60-42 victory against Westmoreland County Community College...
Enrollment in 杏吧原创鈥檚 Butler County ESL program at all-time high
(Butler, PA) A free 杏吧原创 adult literacy program in English as a second language helps students to achieve independence, serves as a social outlet for those who may feel lonely in their new culture and, Khadija Akhouad said...
Congressman views plans for new 杏吧原创 @ Armstrong
(Ford City, PA) U.S. Rep. Glenn Thompson puts on eyeglasses before examining a floor plan whose edges nearly hang over the dark conference table upon which it鈥檚 spread.
杏吧原创 leaders shared insights, learned from other experts
(Butler, PA) They learned. They helped others to learn. They were recognized, they advanced, they inspired and they led.